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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Es verdad
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG
¡Ay, qué trabajo me cuesta
quererte como te quiero! 

Por tu amor me duele el aire,
el corazón 
y el sombrero. 

¿Quién me compraría a mí
este cintillo que tengo
y esta tristeza de hilo
blanco, para hacer pañuelos? 

¡Ay, qué trabajo me cuesta
quererte como te quiero!

Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Es verdad", appears in Canciones, in Andaluzas [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Roberto Bañuelas (b. 1931), "Es verdad", 1971 [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Tres canciones españolas: para canto y piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Suzanne Baron Supervielle (1910 - 2004), "Es verdad", 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Nueve canciones de Federico García Lorca, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Juan José Castro (1895 - 1968), "Es verdad", 1938 [ voice and piano ], from Seis canciones de García Lorca, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Francisco García Muñoz (1908 - 1996), "Es verdad" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Manuel Oltra i Ferrer (1922 - 2015), "Es verdad" [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Tres Andaluzas, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Silvestre Revueltas (1899 - 1940), "Es verdad", ISR 2 no. 7, R 69 no. 7 (1939), published 1945, orchestrated 1969 [ voice and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from Cinco canciones para niños y dos canciones profanas, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Jeffrey Tang) , "It’s True", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Hein Calis

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-13
Line count: 11
Word count: 48

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